"Obviously their recommendation has been made and the process is going to continue and we will respect the results of that process," Flynn said.

An inquest ruled Derek Williams died of a sickle-cell crisis but that three Milwaukee police officers didn't do enough to help him as he struggled to breathe in the back of their squad car in July 2011.

Flynn said since then the department has worked to make sure it never happens again.

"We have now made it a mandate that if somebody has a complaint we will get medical attention immediately instead of waiting for something to go awry," Flynn said. "We have already done a department-wide training on sickle-cell crisis and how to respond. That has already occurred."